Mike Vogan - AV Technician

My job title is AV Technician and this can be anything from filming content, live streaming conferences, researching the latest tech or even just rigging up a TV in the office to watch the football.

What’s the best part of working at Cascade?

The best part about working at Cascade is the team mentality

What’s the best part of your job?

The best part of my job is the variety, one day I can be in the heart of London and the next I could be in a muddy field in the middle of nowhere.

What’s the most challenging part of your job?

Choosing what playlist to put on driving to events.

Name one of the most memorable events you’ve been on and why?

The most memorable event I have been on was my fist big event for Game, it was an amazing event and it was a real eye opener to the scale and attention to detail Cascade deliver

What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?

Choose a career you enjoy, you spend half of your life doing it so you might as well enjoy it.

Describe the event industry in three words.

Long-hours Hard-work Fun

If you could swap jobs with anyone on the team for one day who would it be and why?

I could swap jobs with anyone on the team for a day it would have to be Jim, he always has some sort of DIY project on the go and gets to play with all sorts of heavy machinery so I think that would be fun.

If you could work on any event in the world what would it be and why?

Coachella festival in California - not only would it be awesome to get up close and personal with some of the best and latest bands and DJ’s but they always push the boat out with their audio visual displays.